ayyoob 17:1-16
17 meri himmat toot chuki hai, mere din khatm honevale hain,kabraa meri raah dekh rahi hai.+
2 thattha karnevale mujhe chaaron or se ghere rehte hain,+main dekhta* rehta hoon ki woh mujhse kaisi dushmani nikaalte hain.
3 hey parmeshvar, mujhe chhudane ka zimma le le,*
tere siva kaun hai jo haath milakar madad dene ka vaada kare?+
4 toone unka man band kar diya hai, unmein zara bhi soojh-boojh nahin+aur tu unhein uncha nahin uthata.
5 aisa insan apne doston mein baantta firta hai,jabki uske bachchon ki aankhein tarasti reh jaati hain.
6 parmeshvar ne logon ke beech mera mazak* bana diya hai,+mera yah haal kar diya hai ki woh mere munh par thookte hain.+
7 dukh ke maare meri aankhein bujhi-bujhi-si hain,+mera ang-ang ghulta jaa raha hai.
8 mera haal dekhkar seedhe-sachche log dang reh jaate hainaur nirdosh log, bhaktiheen ke kaaran gusse se bhar jaate hain.
9 lekin nek insan apni raah par bana rahega,+jo bekasoor* hai, woh taakatvar hota jaayega.+
10 tum sab aao aur fir se daleelein dena shuroo karokyonki ab tak tummein se kisi ne buddhi ki baatein nahin kahin.+
11 mere din khatm ho chuke hain,+mainne jo-jo socha tha, mere jitne arman the, sab bikhar gaye.+
12 mere saathi raat ko din batate hain,kehte hain ‘savera honevala hai!’ par mujhe to andhera hi nazar aata hai.
13 agar yoon hi intazar karta raha, to kabraa mera ghar ban jaayegi,+mujhe andhere mein apna bistar bichhana padega.+
14 main gaddhe*+ se kahoonga, ‘tu mera pita hai.’
keedon se kahoonga, ‘tu meri maa hai aur tu meri behen.’
15 aise mein mere liye kya aasha hai?+
kya kisi ko mere liye koi ummeed nazar aati hai?
16 woh* to kabraa ke band darvazon ke peechhe kaid ho jaayegi,tab main aur meri aasha mitti mein mil jaayenge.”+
kai footnote
^ ya “sochta.”
^ ya “mera zamin ban jaa.”
^ shaa., “kahavat.”
^ shaa., “jiske haath shuddh hain.”
^ ya “kabraa.”
^ yaani meri aasha.
